Murshidabad University is a public state university in Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal. The university was established in 2021 by the West Bengal government under ''The Murshidabad University Act, 2018''.It is named after a great thinker, and the first Nawab of Bengal

Murshid Quli Khan Murshid Quli Khan ( 1660 – 30 June 1727), also known as Mohammad Hadi (born as Suryanarayana Mishra), was the first Nawab of Bengal, serving from 1717 to 1727. According to some writers, he was born a Hindu in the Deccan Plateau 1670, Mur ...

History

The institution was established in 1853 as Krishnath College as a

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and sciences college in

Baharampur Berhampore (), also known as Baharampur (), is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. Berhampore is the administrative headquarters of the Murshidabad district. As of 2011 census, Berhampore is the seventh largest cit ...

. In 1998, Krishnath College became an affiliate of the

University of Kalyani The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a Government of West Bengal administered, University Grants Commission (India), UGC affiliated, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, NAAC accredited, collegiate public research unive ...

. Prior to this, they were an affiliate to

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

. In July 2018, the Murshidabad University Bill, which was passed by the house will enable a state-aided university in

Murshidabad Murshidabad (), is a town in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. This town is the headquarters of Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly river, Bhagirathi Riv ...

to be established by upgrading the existing Krishnath College. In February 2021, the principal of this college is appointed as vice-chancellor of Murshidabad University by Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal.

The college was established in 1853 by Maharani Swarnamoyee Devi. The college was named for her husband, Maharaja Krishnath Roy of

Cossimbazar Cossimbazar is a backwards village area of Berhampore city in the Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal."Cossimbazar" in ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Oxford, Clarendon ...

. In 1841, Maharaja Krishnath received his zamindary (a jurisdiction assigned to a

zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; ''zamindar'' is the ...

) and had the dream of establishing an academic institution. Following her husband's death, Swarnamoyee gave as a gift both land and money, saving the college from financial crisis. Mr. Harrison became the first principal of the college. The famous Indian Scholar and writer

Brajendra Nath Seal Sir Brajendra Nath Seal (; 3 September 1864 – 3 December 1938) was a Bengali Indian humanist philosopher. He served as the second vice chancellor of Mysore University. He began his career as a lecturer at the Scottish Church College. His ...

developed the infrastructure of the college.

Organisation and administration

Governance

The Vice-chancellor of the Murshidabad University is the chief executive officer of the university.

Faculties and departments

Murshidabad University has 16 departments organized into three faculties: Science, Arts, and Social Science for B. A, M. A, B. Sc, M. Sc, Ba. Llb, Ma.Llb.and Ph. D.

Accreditation

In 2016 Krishnath College was awarded an 'A' grade by the

National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a public autonomous body of the government of India that assesses and accredits higher education institutions (HEIs) in India. It is funded by the University Grants Commission and hea ...

(NAAC). The college is recognized by the

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(UGC). It is built on the structure of

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Notable alumni

Krishnath College

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, Leading Revolutionary in British India *

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, filmmaker and script writer * Nikunja Behari Maiti, freedom fighter, Member of Lok Sabha, first education minister of

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, youngest headmaster in the world by BBC in October 2009, at the age of 16. *

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, Member of Lok Sabha *

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, Bhasa Saheed (1952, Dhaka) * Benimadhab Barua, Indian Bengali Scholar, first Asian D.Litt. *

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, Independence activist and politician *

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, Nationalist politician, freedom fighter and former Member of Lok Sabha *

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, Indian freedom fighter * Moinul Hassan, A member of

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and a

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politician *

Nalinaksha Sanyal Nalinaksha Sanyal (1898 – 29 October 1987) was an Indian politician, economist and freedom fighter. Education He studied at Krishnath College, Baharampur, and Presidency College, Kolkata, and taught economics at Krishnath College. He earned ...

, Politician, Economist * Amarendra Nath Sen, Chief Justice of the

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* Renu Pada Das, Indian politician *

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Gallery

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References

External links

Murshidabad University Act 2018Official WebsiteFacebook PageUniversity of KalyaniUniversity Grants CommissionNational Assessment and Accreditation Council
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